Views Slideshow

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Views Slideshow can be used to create a slideshow of any content (not just images) that can appear in a View. Powered by jQuery, it is heavily customizable: you may choose slideshow settings for each View you create.

Potential uses

News item slideshow (such as the title, image and teaser of the last 5 news articles submitted)

Views Slideshow Installation/Configuration and Further Documentation/Tutorials

Drupal 8:

Views Slideshow also requires some external JavaScript libraries. See the readme for details and installation instructions. Alternatively, if you install via drush, they will be automatically installed. If you do not install the libraries, Views Slideshow will not work!

Drupal 7:

Views Slideshow also requires some external JavaScript libraries. See the readme for details and installation instructions. Alternatively, if you install via drush, they will be automatically installed. If you do not install the libraries, Views Slideshow will not work!

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API Documentation

Most useful to developers but definitely good for themers and site builders too. As with the rest of the documentation, it needs a lot of improvement and that is on the to-do list but no timeline scheduled.

Upgrading

From Views Slideshow 7.x-2.x to Views Slideshow 7.x-3.x:

Unfortunately there is no upgrade path. Please make sure to delete the entire Views Slideshow 2 folder before installing views slideshow 3 to prevent leftover files that may interfere with functioning.

From Views Slideshow 7.x to Views Slideshow 8.x-4.x:

Unfortunately there is no upgrade path yet, however one is planned.

Support

Use the issues queue for questions or comments.

Release Schedule

Views Slideshow for Drupal 7 is primarily maintenance only. There are plans for significant updates to Views Slideshow for Drupal 8.

Views Slideshow has a release window every Wednesday. Due to activity that will primarily be on the 1st Wednesday of each month if there are sufficient changes to warrant a release.